OXID module

General features

• Absolutely responsive mouseover area and flyout zoom window
• Adjustable to fit the size of any responsive elements on the page over smart jQuery like selector
• Adjustable for fixed or flexible image proportions
• Permanent or automatic inner zoom depending on resolution and responsive layout
• Support for OXID images tied to product variations
• Works great on touch-enabled devices
• Optional 360°/3D support with (pinch) zoom and full screen view
• Optional responsive thumbnails slider integration
• Responsive modal or full screen views on click with AJAX-ZOOM
• Fast "progressive" loading of high-resolution images
• Instant (on-the-fly) generation of all thumbnails
• 100+ other options
• All components adjustable over OXID module settings
• API for developers of all skill levels
• Continuous development and improvements, technical support

Backend screenshots

Backend - Hotspots & 360 "Product Tour"

AJAX-ZOOM Batch Tool

You do not necessarily have to use the batch tool, because if image tiles and other AJAX-ZOOM caches have not been generated yet, AJAX-ZOOM will generate them on-the-fly, either when they are loaded into the player at "preview" in the backend or latest when they appear at the frontend.

However, if you have thousands of images, it is a good idea to batch process all existing images, which you plan to show over AJAX-ZOOM, before launching the new website or before enabling AJAX-ZOOM at frontend. With this latest batch file, it is possible to cover up to 100% of all caches, which AJAX-ZOOM will generate on-the-fly if not present.

On a daily basis, when you add 360 / 3D images to your already existing or new products, you can keep the 360 / 3D sets disabled for the frontend and process any amount of 360 sets later with this batch tool. At the same time, it will automatically activate a 360 / 3D set one by one after the batch finished processing it.

Frontend screenshots

Handling regular images

For the regular images, there is no need to do anything. You can upload them as always over the backend or merchandise management system.

Handling 360°/3D

To add 360° images, start editing a product. There you find the "AJAX-ZOOM 360" tab with the following possibilities:

• Define one or more 360° spins for the product.
• Upload 360° images right from the backend or
• Select a zip file that contains images for a 360° set to import. By default settings, those ZIP files have to be uploaded into '/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/zip/' directory and you can remove them after importing.
• After importing or uploading the images manually, you will be able to make some adjustments for that particular 360°, e.g., change rotation speed and many other options available for AJAX-ZOOM.
• Preview 360° in a modal box before publishing.
• Activate / deactivate a 360° view.
• Select combinations, e.g., color and size for which a 360° view should be shown. You can add more than one 360° view for a product.
• Create a 360° "Product Tour" with descriptions, videos... No programming knowledge is required.
• Create clickable Hotspots.

Requirements

• PHP 5.4+
• Free Ioncube loaders
• ZIP
• allow_url_fopen enabled (for automatic downloading AJAX-ZOOM main application and placing it in "/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/axZm" directoy. If allow_url_fopen is disabled you will have to do it manually, please see "Troubleshooting" section on this page.)

Installing OXID 4.0 - 6.1

Please test and install this module in a test environment or make backups.

1. Make sure the free Ioncube loaders are installed on the server
2. Unzip the module and upload it into /modules directory preserving the directory structure. You should have /modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom directory with most files and under /modules/ajaxzoom there should be only logo.png und vendormetadata.php files.
3. Make sure, that /modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/pic is writeable by PHP (CHMOD).
4. In backend area navigate to EXTENSIONS -> Modules and activate AJAX-ZOOM module.
5. During activation the AJAX-ZOOM module will try to download the latest AJAX-ZOOM version instantly and place it into /modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/axZm directory. You can also make this step manually before activation. If instant download during activation fails for some reason you can also download AJAX-ZOOM core files manually and upload the entire axZm folder to /modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/ over FTP...
6. Open the AJAX-ZOOM module's settings section and save the settings once.

Installing OXID 6.2 - 6.x

Please test and install this module in a test environment or make backups.

1. Make sure the free Ioncube loaders are installed on the server.
2. Unzip the module and upload it to the /source/modules directory.
3. Then, in the command console, run the following commands in sequence:
   • vendor/bin/oe-console oe:module:install-configuration source/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom
   • vendor/bin/oe-console oe:module:apply-configuration
4. In the composer.json (in the root) please manually add the following line to the autoload-dev -> psr-4 node
   "ajaxZoom\\ajaxZoom\\": "./source/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom"
   
   The autoload-dev node could then look like this:

   
     "autoload-dev": {
       "psr-4": {
         "OxidEsales\\EshopCommunity\\Tests\\": "./vendor/oxid-esales/oxideshop-ce/tests",
         "ajaxZoom\\ajaxZoom\\": "./source/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom"
       }
     },
   

5. Then run composer update in the command console.
6. Make sure, that /modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/pic is writeable by PHP (CHMOD).
7. In backend area navigate to EXTENSIONS -> Modules and activate AJAX-ZOOM module.
8. During activation the AJAX-ZOOM module will try to download the latest AJAX-ZOOM version instantly and place it into /source/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/axZm directory. You can also make this step manually before activation. If instant download during activation fails for some reason you can also download AJAX-ZOOM core files manually and upload the entire axZm folder to /source/modules/ajaxzoom/ajaxzoom/ over FTP...
9. Open the AJAX-ZOOM module's settings section and save the settings once.

Troubleshooting

AJAX-ZOOM has not been downloaded instantly

Please see installation steps above. Upload AJAX-ZOOM main scripts manually.

Other

If you encounter any other troubles please report / contact our support. We will fix and document it with highest priority.

FAQ

How to install "ionCube Loader"?

ionCube loader is a widely used PHP extension, and it is required to operate AJAX-ZOOM on your server. Before installing the loader, please check if it is not already installed on your server. To check this, you can look into the output of phpinfo();. You can also use get_loaded_extensions PHP function - print_r( get_loaded_extensions() ); to see if ionCube is installed.

If you do not detect ionCube on your server, please visit the official ionClube loaders page. There you can find "Loader Installer" and "Loader Wizard" packages, which can guide you through the installation process matching your operating system (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X, Solaris).

Many hosting companies also have a guide in their FAQ on how to do this specifically for their configurations. Lastly, a mail to your hosting provider's support surely helps. ionCube is industry standard and should be a copy & paste answer for your hosting provider. If not, you should switch your hosting provider immediately.

Please note that each PHP version requires a different loader extension. When your provider offers a possibility to switch between several PHP versions, and you have added the "ionCube" extension via a separate php.ini on your own, please think about updating this php.ini file to link to the appropriate "ionCube" extension file.

Restarting the server (e.g., Apache) might be needed for the new extension to load (changes in php.ini effectively occur).

Some shared hosting companies such as "1&1" allow the users without root access to create their custom php.ini files and "install" Ioncube loader this way. However, this custom php.ini has only an effect on the folder whereinto you place it. It has no impact on subfolders, as you might suspect. Therefore, if you are dealing with this method of installing the loader, you must copy your custom php.ini into several folders. If the AJAX-ZOOM module for your system installs itself into, e.g., /modules/ajaxzoom directory, you must place the custom php.ini into /modules/ajaxzoom/axZm/ folder and into, e.g., /admin12345/ folder (or wherever installing the modules takes place).

Do I need a license key to test AJAX-ZOOM module/plugin?

No, AJAX-ZOOM should work out of the box. For some modules/plugins, AJAX-ZOOM does not install itself if the "ionCube" extension is not present on the server (see above). Other than that, there is are limitations on the number of images and image resolution of the demo version. If you would like to test AJAX-ZOOM with higher resolution images ( > 3.2 megapixels / million pixels), please request an "Evaluation" license key for your dev domain or subdomain free of charge.

If you do not have a development server but would like to install the AJAX-ZOOM plugin on your production website, you should go to module/plugin settings and set the "displayOnlyForThisProductID" option. This option allows you to enable AJAX-ZOOM only for specified product ID, so you can test the module/plugin thoroughly without affecting the entire shop / conduct A/B tests.

How to translate the plugin into other languages or change text strings?

The translation of the strings is done via the plugin options and within the AJAX-ZOOM's core PHP configuration file.

1. All plugin options are accessed over the backend. For example, if you want to add Russian translation to the "zoomMsg360" option, which is defined as JSON, you would need to add "key" and "value" to this JSON.

    
{
    "en": "Drag to spin 360°, scroll to zoom in and out, right-click and drag to pan",
    "de": "Ziehen um 360° zu drehen, zoomen mit dem Mausrad, rechte Maustaste ziehen verschiebt die Ansicht",
    "fr": "Faites glisser pour tourner à 360 °, faites défiler pour zoomer dans et hors, cliquer et faire glisser à droite pour vous déplacer",
    "es": "Arrastrar para girar en 360º, Rueda del ratón para utilizar el Zoom, botón derecho para mover la imagen"
}
    

So when you only need English as the default language (please keep it) and want to add a Russian translation string, you would change this option to

    
{
    "en": "Drag to spin 360°, scroll to zoom in and out, right-click and drag to pan",
    "ru": "Крутить 360° левой кнопкой мыши, колесом увеличивать, правой кнопкой смещать zoom"
}
    

2. Some other text strings are located in [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /axZm/zoomConfig.inc.php file, which is part of AJAX-ZOOM core. Open this file in a text editor and find a string you are looking for. For example, you are looking for the "Click to load" message. It is located under $zoom['config']['spinNoInit'] option and looks like this:

    
$zoom['config']['spinNoInit'] = array(
    'enabled' => false,
    'file' => array('en' => 'click_to_load_en.png', 'de' => ''),
    'txt' => array(
        'en' => 'Click to load
360°
 view',
        'de' => 'Klicken um die
360° Ansicht
zu laden'
    ),
    'event' => 'click'
);
    

As you can see, this is a PHP array, and there are several other suboptions located in it. The best way to proceed is to either copy the entire array into zoomConfigCustomAZ.inc.php or copy only the suboption with locales into this file. You can find zoomConfigCustomAZ.inc.php outside of the /axZm folder in the plugin directory.

2a. The below is what you would add to [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /zoomConfigCustomAZ.inc.php file when you copy the entire array and add your translation, removing languages you do not need:

    
$zoom['config']['spinNoInit'] = array(
    'enabled' => true,
    'file' => array('en' => 'click_to_load_en.png', 'de' => ''),
    'txt' => array(
        'en' => 'Click to load
360°
 view',
        'ru' => 'Нажмите мышкой, чтоб загрузить 360° вид'
    ),
    'event' => 'click'
);
    

2b. Or you could just add the suboption to [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /zoomConfigCustomAZ.inc.php file like this:

    
$zoom['config']['spinNoInit']['txt'] = array(
    'en' => 'Click to load
360°
 view',
    'ru' => 'Нажмите мышкой, чтоб загрузить 360° вид'
);

// or

$zoom['config']['spinNoInit']['txt']['ru'] = 'Нажмите мышкой, чтоб загрузить 360° вид';
    

3. There is also a third possibility of adding a translation to strings located in [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /axZm/zoomConfig.inc.php. In the backend, under plugin configuration, you can find "azOptions" and "azOptions360", which allow you to override configuration from [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /axZm/zoomConfig.inc.php related to frontend display. If we wanted to do the same as above over "azOptions360" plugin option (which is saved into the database), the result in your textarea would look like this:

Here, we do not need to define English, as the related JavaScript object will get extended by what you define in "azOptions360". The possibility number 2 above (writing into [ajaxzoom plugin directory] /zoomConfigCustomAZ.inc.php) is not applied then.

Prices

There is no need to order AJAX-ZOOM before you have successfully installed and tested it!

The license price primarily depends on the number of different images, which are displayed on a domain in the AJAX-ZOOM viewer. For the complete license agreement, please visit the download section.

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